India: India's FSSAI Re-Operationalizes Labeling and Display Regulations

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   IN2023-0078
On October 17, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified Direction STD/SP-08/A1.2022/N-01-Part (1). The directive indicates that the DRAFT Food Safety and Standards (Labeling and Display) Amendment Regulations (2022) in its final form will be delayed for the foreseeable future. The FSSAI, with a July 1, 2023, date, is re-operationalizing the provisions specified in its earlier directive of January 6, 2023, on this subject.

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